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Pacific Locked in ‘La Nada’ Limbo

Sea-surface height data from NASA’s Jason-2 satellite show that the equatorial Pacific Ocean is still locked in what some call a neutral, or ‘La Nada’ state. This condition follows two years of strong, cool-water La Nina events.

A new image, based on the average of 10 days of data centered on Jan. 26, 2013, shows near-normal conditions (depicted in green) across the equatorial Pacific. The image is available at: https://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/images/latestdata/jason/2013/20130126P.jpg . (more…)

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